Bottle ID: 840

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WHITE, CARVED AS A BAMBOO ROOT

Date: 1750-1800

Length: 88 mm

A white nephrite snuff bottle, very well-hollowed, carved in the form of a bamboo root with overlapping leaves and with its original matching stopper in the form of the stalk of the root.

 

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art
Christie’s Paris, December 14, 2022, lot 596
The V.W.S. Collection, (1918-1974)
Acquired by the father of V.W.S (1890-1977) in China in the 1930s

 

 

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